TEST BANK PORTH'S PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: CONCEPTS OF ALTERED HEALTH STATES (11TH) BY NORRIS CHAPTER 1-52 NEWEST VERSION STUVIA EXAM WITH NGN QUESTIONS AND OMPLETE WELL EXPLAINED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALE 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BY EXPERTS AND GRADED A+ LATEST UPD
TEST BANK PORTH'S PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: CONCEPTS OF ALTERED HEALTH STATES (11TH) BY NORRIS CHAPTER 1-52 NEWEST VERSION STUVIA EXAM WITH NGN QUESTIONS AND OMPLETE WELL EXPLAINED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALE 100% CORRECT VERIFIED BY EXPERTS AND GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE 2024[ALREADY PASSED] Which of the following situations would be classified as a complication of a disease or outcome from the treatment regimen? Select all that apply. Massive pulmonary emboli Development of pulmonary fibrosis Laboratory testing is ordered for a male patient during a clinic visit for a routine follow-up assessment of hypertension. When interpreting lab values, the nurse knows that a normal value represent the test result that fall within bell curve The laboratory technologists are discussing a new blood test that helps establish a differential diagnosis between shortness of breath with a cardiac etiology and shortness of breath with a respiratory/pulmonary etiology. A positive result is purported to indicate a cardiac etiology. The marketers of the test report that 99.8% of patients who have confirmed cardiac etiologies test positive in the test. However, 1.3% of patients who do not have cardiac etiologies for their shortness of breath also test positive. Which of the following statements best characterizes this blood test? High sensitivity; low specificity As part of a screening program for prostate cancer, men at a senior citizens' center are having their blood levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measured. Which of the following statements would best characterize a high positive predictive value but a low negative predictive value for this screening test? All of the men who had high PSA levels developed prostate cancer; several men who had low PSA levels also developed prostate cancer A male international business traveler has returned from a trip to Indonesia. While there, he hired a prostitute for companionship and engaged in unprotected sex on more than one occasion. Unbeknownst to him, this prostitute harbored the hepatitis C virus. Upon return to the United States, he exhibited no symptoms and returned to his usual activities. During this period of no outward symptoms, the man would be classified as being in the preclinical stage of disease. As of November 1, 2012, there were a total of 10 confirmed cases of Hantavirus infection in people who were recent visitors (mid-June to end of August, 2012) to Yosemite National Park. Three visitors with confirmed cases died. Health officials believe that 9 out of the 10 people with Hantavirus were exposed while staying in Curry Village in the Signature Tent Cabins. This is an example of the incidence of people who are at risk for developing Hantavirus while staying in Yosemite National Park. A particular disease has a debilitating effect on the ability of sufferers to perform their activities of daily living and is a significant cause of decreased qual
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